News Article: December/January 2005Local NewsSolicitor forfeits $40,000 boat-12-2005A 40-year-old Auckland solicitor, Michael Robertson, has lost his $40,000 boat and a large amount of dive equipment after it was ordered forfeit to the crown following his conviction for taking excess scallops. More A new anti-whaling declaration signed by southern hemisphere nations is a major step toward banning the slaughter of whales in southern oceans. More Fishers on holiday in South Westland have killed four endangered Hector’s Dolphins in their set nets without showing any concern for their actions. More A major new underwater imaging festival will showcase one of the great-untapped sources of talent in underwater video. More The world-acclaimed Seafriends Marine Conservation and Education Centre in Leigh, New Zealand, is forced to close because subdivision is disallowed by the Rodney District Council. More Specialist marine electrical company, Electrics Afloat Ltd, has again ensured Auckland’s iconic Bean Rock lighthouse can safely be seen at night. More An exploration company is taking the first step toward extracting what could be millions of dollars worth of minerals from the seabed in New Zealand waters. More Archaeologists have raised the massive anchor of the Mary Rose, King Henry VIII’s flagship, from a silt-filled channel off the southern England, more than 460 years after the vessel sank. More The deep ocean is one of the world’s last great wildernesses. More What appears to be a significant wreck discovery, was made off the South East Queensland coast, on 30 The signs will be placed to discourage vandalism and plundering. More Shark tourists watch the great whites of Gansbaai from behind bars but a new cage designed by Kim Maclean will make one feel there’s nothing between you and those jaws. More A fragile coral reef off the coast of Mexico‘s Yucatan Peninsula could take more than a century to recover from a thrashing by Hurricane Wilma. More The sanctuaries created to help save the threatened species are not working. More Underwater explorers believe they have discovered the wreck of the Notre Dame de Deliverance – an armed merchant vessel of French origin. More |
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